Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice, P.a.

Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice, P.a.
  • Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice, P.a.
  • 7 Ocean Street,
  • South Portland, ME 04106

Area Practice

  • Aged and Aging
  • Age Discrimination
  • Elder Abuse
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Dram Shop Liability
  • Liquor Liability
  • Liquor Licensing
  • Local Liquor Options
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Arbitration
  • Collaborative Law
  • Mediation
  • Appellate Practices
  • Civil Appeals
  • Bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy Arbitration
  • Bankruptcy Chapter 7
  • Bankruptcy Chapter 11
  • Bankruptcy Chapter 13
  • Bankruptcy Collection
  • Bankruptcy Fraud
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Bankruptcy Mediation
  • Bankruptcy Reorganization
  • Bankruptcy Taxation
  • Commercial Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Foreclosure
  • Commercial Insolvency
  • Commercial Recovery
  • Commercial Workouts
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Debt Relief
  • Foreclosures
  • Fraudulent Conveyance
  • Insolvency
  • Liquidations
  • Out of Court Debt Restructuring
  • Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts
  • Receiverships
  • Repossessions
  • Workouts
  • Workouts Taxation
  • Banks and Banking
  • Bank Collections
  • Bank Directors and Officers Liability
  • Bank Foreclosures
  • Check Fraud
  • Commercial Banking
  • Commercial Credit
  • Commercial Loans
  • Consumer Banking
  • Credit Card Law
  • Credit Law
  • Escrow Agent Liability
  • Fair Lending
  • Lender Law
  • Lender Liability
  • Lenders Rights
  • Loan Workouts
  • Loans
  • Merchant Banking
  • Secured Lending
  • Truth in Lending
  • Business Law
  • Business Arbitration
  • Business Associations Law
  • Business Cooperatives
  • Business Crimes
  • Business Development
  • Business Dissolutions
  • Business Enterprises
  • Business Estate Planning
  • Business Formation
  • Business Fraud
  • Business Litigation
  • Business Mediation
  • Business Organization
  • Business Planning
  • Business Regulation
  • Business Reorganization
  • Business Start-Ups
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Business Successions
  • Business Syndication
  • Business Taxation
  • Business Torts
  • Business Transactions
  • Business Transfers
  • Business Trusts
  • Business Valuation
  • Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Buying and Selling of Businesses
  • Closely Held Business Estate Planning
  • Closely Held Business Law
  • Closely Held Business Taxation
  • Complex Business Litigation
  • Emerging Business Law
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Entrepreneurial Business Law
  • Family Business Law
  • Family Business Mediation
  • Family Business Successions
  • Limited Liability Company Law
  • Minority Business Law
  • Pass-Through Entities
  • Private Business Law
  • Privatization
  • Professional Practices
  • Small Business Law
  • Sole Proprietorships
  • Strategic Alliances
  • Children
  • Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Child Advocacy
  • Child Care
  • Child Custody
  • Child Custody Mediation
  • Child Dependency
  • Child Protection
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Child Support
  • Child Welfare
  • Children's Rights
  • Day Care
  • Fathers Rights
  • Foster Care
  • Grandparents Custody
  • Grandparents Visitation Rights
  • Interstate Child Custody
  • Juvenile Criminal Law
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Juvenile Dependency
  • Juvenile Law
  • Parental Kidnapping
  • Parental Rights
  • Parenting Time
  • Step Parent Adoptions
  • Termination of Parental Rights
  • Third Party Custody
  • Visitation Rights
  • Civil Practice
  • Federal Civil Practice
  • Collections
  • Commercial Collections
  • Garnishments
  • Post Judgment Collections
  • Professional Collections
  • Retail Collections
  • Secured Collections
  • Unsecured Collections
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • Commercial Bad Faith
  • Commercial Crimes
  • Commercial Fraud
  • Commercial Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Mediation
  • Commercial Torts
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Commercial Transfers
  • Commercial Trusts
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Negotiable Instruments
  • Retail Liability
  • Sale of Goods
  • Secured Transactions
  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • Warehousing
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Real Estate Contracts
  • Commercial Real Estate Development
  • Commercial Real Estate Finance
  • Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
  • Commercial Real Estate Litigation
  • Commercial Real Estate Sales
  • Commercial Real Estate Syndication
  • Commercial Real Estate Workouts
  • Industrial Real Estate Law
  • Retail Development
  • Shopping Center Acquisitions
  • Shopping Center Development
  • Shopping Center Law
  • Complex and Multi-District Litigation
  • Constitutional Law
  • Fifth Amendment Law
  • Fourth Amendment Law
  • Freedom of Information
  • Construction Law
  • Construction Accidents
  • Construction and Design Law
  • Construction and Surety Law
  • Construction Arbitration
  • Construction Claims
  • Construction Contracts
  • Construction Defects
  • Construction Equipment Liability
  • Construction Finance
  • Construction Insurance
  • Construction Labor Law
  • Construction Liability
  • Construction Liens
  • Construction Litigation
  • Construction Mediation
  • Construction Products Liability
  • Construction Safety
  • Construction Workouts
  • Contractor Performance Bonds
  • Contractors Liability
  • Materialmens Liens
  • Mechanics Liens
  • Roof Industry Liability
  • Scaffolding Liability
  • Consumer Law
  • Consumer Arbitration
  • Consumer Collections
  • Consumer Credit
  • Consumer Credit Compliance
  • Consumer Finance
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Consumer Litigation
  • Consumer Protection
  • Consumer Rights
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Contracts
  • Breach of Contract
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Contract Fraud
  • Contract Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Closely Held Corporations
  • Corporate Banking Law
  • Corporate Commercial Law
  • Corporate Contracts
  • Corporate Control Contests
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • Corporate Dissolution
  • Corporate Ethics
  • Corporate Fiduciary Law
  • Corporate Finance Law
  • Corporate Formation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Insurance
  • Corporate Investigations
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Corporate Organization
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Corporate Planning
  • Corporate Real Estate
  • Corporate Reorganization
  • Corporate Successions
  • Corporate Tax Controversies
  • Corporate Trusts
  • Corporate Workouts
  • Family Corporations
  • Incorporation
  • Nonprofit Corporations
  • Professional Corporations
  • Proxy Contests
  • S Corporations
  • Small Business Corporations
  • Criminal Law
  • Assault and Battery
  • Burglary
  • Civil Forfeiture
  • Crime Victims Compensation
  • Criminal Appeals
  • Criminal Conspiracy
  • Criminal Defense
  • Criminal Forfeiture
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Drivers License Suspension
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • DUI/DWI
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Expungements
  • Extortion
  • Federal Criminal Law
  • Felonies
  • Forgery
  • Habeas Corpus
  • Hit and Run
  • Homicide
  • Mail Fraud
  • Malicious Prosecution
  • Misdemeanors
  • Money Laundering
  • Parole and Probation
  • Post-Conviction Remedies
  • Search and Seizure
  • Shoplifting
  • Stalking
  • Theft
  • Traffic Violations
  • Victims Rights
  • Weapons Charges
  • Wire Fraud
  • Wiretapping
  • Debtor and Creditor
  • Creditors Rights
  • Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy
  • Debtor and Creditor Collections
  • Debtor and Creditor Reorganization
  • Debtor and Creditor Rights
  • Debtor and Creditor Workouts
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Secured Creditors Rights
  • Unsecured Creditors Rights
  • Drugs and Narcotics
  • Civil Drug Forfeiture
  • Controlled Substances Law
  • Drug Crimes
  • Drug Forfeiture
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Education Law
  • Independent School Law
  • Private School Law
  • Public School Law
  • Employee Benefits
  • Executive Compensation
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Unemployment Compensation Taxation
  • 401(k) Plans
  • Equipment Finance and Leasing
  • Equipment Finance
  • Equipment Leasing
  • Vehicle Leasing
  • Family Law
  • Alimony
  • Annulment
  • Cohabitation Agreements
  • Collaborative Family Law
  • Community Property Law
  • Divorce
  • Divorce Arbitration
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Divorce Taxation
  • Domestic Partnerships
  • Domestic Relations
  • Domestic Torts
  • Domestic Violence
  • Equitable Distribution
  • Family Arbitration
  • Family Mediation
  • Gay and Lesbian Family Law
  • Interstate Support
  • Marital Agreements
  • Marital Property Distribution
  • Marital Property Law
  • Marital Property Settlements
  • Matrimonial Bankruptcy Law
  • Matrimonial Law
  • Military Divorce
  • Name Changes
  • Non-Traditional Family Law
  • Paternity
  • Post Divorce Modification
  • Postnuptial Agreements
  • Premarital Agreements
  • Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
  • Restraining Orders
  • Separation Agreements
  • Spousal Support
  • Uncontested Divorce
  • Finance
  • Financial Institutions Litigation
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Secured Finance
  • Unsecured Finance
  • Franchises and Franchising
  • Automotive Franchises and Dealerships
  • Franchise Arbitration
  • Franchise Litigation
  • Franchise Mediation
  • Franchise Termination
  • Fraud and Deceit
  • Civil Fraud
  • General Practice
  • Federal Practice
  • Government
  • Federal Tort Claims
  • Government Agency Practice
  • Local Government Law
  • Local Government Relations
  • Guardianship and Conservatorship
  • Adult Guardianship
  • Advance Directives
  • Conservatorship
  • Dependent Adult Abuse
  • Elder Guardianship
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Guardianship
  • Guardianship Administration
  • Incompetency Proceedings
  • Health Care
  • Health Care Contracts
  • Health Care Corporate Law
  • Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Physician Practices
  • Housing Law
  • Fair Housing
  • Housing Development
  • Housing Discrimination
  • Senior Citizen Housing
  • Insurance
  • Automobile Insurance Coverage
  • Automobile Liability
  • Casualty Insurance
  • Casualty Insurance Subrogation
  • Commercial Insurance
  • Commercial Property Insurance
  • First and Third Party Insurance
  • First Party Insurance
  • General Liability
  • Insurance Arbitration
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Insurance Collection
  • Insurance Contracts
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Insurance Litigation
  • No Fault Automobile Insurance
  • Personal Liability
  • Property Damage
  • Property Insurance
  • Property Insurance Coverage
  • Property Loss
  • Property Subrogation
  • Subrogation
  • Unfair Insurance Practices
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitration
  • Labor and Employment
  • Age Discrimination in Employment
  • Child Labor Law
  • Confidentiality Agreements
  • Covenants Not To Compete
  • Employee Discipline
  • Employee Drug Testing
  • Employee Privacy
  • Employee Rights
  • Employer Intentional Torts
  • Employer Liability
  • Employer Rights
  • Employment Arbitration
  • Employment at Will
  • Employment Breach of Contract
  • Employment Civil Rights
  • Employment Claims
  • Employment Contracts
  • Employment Disability Discrimination
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Employment Law
  • Employment Litigation
  • Employment Mediation
  • Employment Rights
  • Employment Termination
  • Executive Employment Law
  • Fair Labor Standards
  • Federal Employment Law
  • Harassment
  • Labor Arbitration
  • Labor Law
  • Management Employment Law
  • Management Labor Law
  • Minimum Wage Law
  • Noncompete Litigation
  • Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Unfair Labor Practices
  • Wage and Hour Law
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Leases and Leasing
  • Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Evictions
  • Industrial Leasing
  • International Leasing
  • Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Lease Finance
  • Lease Terminations
  • Leasing
  • Office Leasing
  • Shopping Center Leasing
  • Unlawful Detainer
  • Libel, Slander and Defamation
  • Defamation
  • Libel and Slander
  • Libel Defense
  • Media Libel
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Defense Litigation
  • Federal Civil Litigation
  • Federal Litigation
  • Long-Arm Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Business Acquisitions
  • Merger Reorganization
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Finance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation
  • Spin-Offs
  • Mortgages
  • Commercial Mortgages
  • Mortgage Banking Law
  • Mortgage Bankruptcy
  • Mortgage Finance
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Mortgage Insurance
  • Mortgage Lien Foreclosure
  • Mortgage Refinancing
  • Mortgage Workouts
  • Municipal Law
  • Municipal Corporation Law
  • Municipal Labor Law
  • Municipal Leasing
  • Negligence
  • Negligence Defense
  • Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
  • Nonprofit Organizations Law
  • Nonprofit Tax Law
  • Private Foundations
  • Public Charities
  • Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Partnership Law
  • Family Limited Partnerships
  • Family Partnerships
  • Limited Liability Partnerships
  • Limited Partnerships
  • Partnerships Dissolution
  • Partnership Formation
  • Partnership Organization
  • Partnership Syndication
  • Partnership Taxation
  • Personal Injury
  • Accidents
  • Animal Attacks
  • Aquatic Injuries
  • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
  • Automobile Negligence
  • Bicycle Accidents
  • Boating Accidents
  • Bodily Injury
  • Brain Injury
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Commercial Vehicle Liability
  • Cumulative Trauma
  • Dog Bites
  • Electrical Injury
  • Electromagnetic Field Litigation
  • Head Injury
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
  • Motorcycle Accidents
  • Pedestrian Injuries
  • Personal Injury Appeals
  • Personal Injury Arbitration
  • Personal Injury Mediation
  • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
  • Psychological Injury
  • Rental Vehicle Litigation
  • Repetitive Stress Injury
  • School Bus Accidents
  • Severe Burns
  • Slip and Fall
  • Spinal Injury
  • Third Party Wrongful Death
  • TMJ Dysfunction
  • Tourist Injuries
  • Transfusion Associated AIDS
  • Unintended Acceleration
  • Whiplash
  • Wrongful Death
  • Premises Liability
  • Inadequate Security
  • Negligent Security
  • Premises Security
  • Private Security Litigation
  • Probate
  • Ancillary Probate
  • Probate Administration
  • Probate Litigation
  • Probate Taxation
  • Professional Liability
  • Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions
  • Agents and Brokers Liability
  • Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions
  • Architects and Engineers Liability
  • Architects and Engineers Malpractice
  • Design Professionals Errors and Omissions
  • Design Professionals Liability
  • Design Professionals Malpractice
  • Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions
  • Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage
  • Directors and Officers Liability
  • Surveyors Malpractice
  • Property Law
  • Personal Property
  • Personal Property Leasing
  • Real Estate
  • Adverse Possession
  • Boundary Disputes
  • Common Interests Community Law
  • Community Association Law
  • Condominium Association Law
  • Condominium Conversions
  • Condominium Development
  • Condominium Law
  • Condominium Timeshares
  • Conservation Easements
  • Conveyancing
  • Cooperative Conversions
  • Cooperative Housing Association Law
  • Cooperative Housing Law
  • Easements
  • Historic Conservation Easements
  • Homeowners Association Law
  • International Real Estate
  • Land Acquisitions
  • Land Sales
  • Land Trusts
  • Manufactured Housing Law
  • Mobile Home Law
  • Planned Unit Development Law
  • Property Management
  • Quiet Title
  • Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Real Estate Arbitration
  • Real Estate Banking Law
  • Real Estate Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate Brokerage Law
  • Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability
  • Real Estate Brokers Licensing
  • Real Estate Brokers Malpractice
  • Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense
  • Real Estate Collections
  • Real Estate Contracts
  • Real Estate Development
  • Real Estate Errors and Omissions
  • Real Estate Exchanges
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Real Estate Foreclosure
  • Real Estate Fraud
  • Real Estate Investment
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
  • Real Estate Joint Ventures
  • Real Estate Leasing
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Real Estate Mediation
  • Real Estate Partnerships
  • Real Estate Restructuring
  • Real Estate Sales
  • Real Estate Secured Lending
  • Real Estate Securities
  • Real Estate Settlements
  • Real Estate Syndication
  • Real Estate Tax Appeals
  • Real Estate Tax Assessment
  • Real Estate Tax Foreclosure
  • Real Estate Tax Liens
  • Real Estate Taxation
  • Real Estate Title
  • Real Estate Title Examination
  • Real Estate Title Insurance
  • Real Estate Trade Association Law
  • Real Estate Valuation
  • Real Estate Workouts
  • Real Property
  • Real Property Acquisitions
  • Real Property Development
  • Real Property Finance
  • Residential Real Estate
  • Residential Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Residential Real Estate Development
  • Residential Real Estate Finance
  • Residential Real Estate Foreclosure
  • Residential Real Estate Sales
  • Right of Way Easements
  • Waterfront Development
  • Resorts and Leisure
  • Hotel and Resort Development
  • Hotel and Resort Law
  • Innkeeper Law
  • Recreational Property Law
  • Resort Timeshares
  • Restaurant Liability
  • Taxation
  • Estate and Gift Taxation
  • Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
  • Life Kind Exchanges
  • Property Tax Abatement
  • Property Tax Appeals
  • Property Tax Assessments
  • Torts
  • Civil Liability
  • International Torts
  • Mass Torts
  • Tort Liability
  • Toxic Torts
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Chemical Exposure
  • Latex Allergy Litigation
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Mold Litigation
  • Occupational Cancer
  • Occupational Disease
  • Pesticide Litigation
  • Radiation Injury
  • Silicosis Litigation
  • Toxic Exposure
  • Toxic Torts Class Actions
  • Transportation
  • Freight Claims
  • Freight Loss and Damage
  • Motor Carrier Law
  • Motor Carrier Liability
  • Truck Accidents
  • Truck Overweight Violations
  • Trucking Law
  • Trucking Liability
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Contested Trusts and Estates
  • Decedents Estates
  • Estate Administration
  • Estate Bankruptcy
  • Estate Litigation
  • Estate Planning
  • Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
  • Estate Planning for the Disabled
  • Estate Planning for the Elderly
  • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
  • Estate Settlements
  • Family Trusts
  • Family Wealth Transfer
  • Fiduciary Law
  • Fiduciary Liability
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • Financial Planning
  • Living Trusts
  • Personal Planning
  • Pet Trusts
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Retirement Planning
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Surrogates Court Practice
  • Trust Administration
  • Trust and Estate Collections
  • Trust Law
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trust Planning
  • Unclaimed Property
  • Wealth Preservation
  • White Collar Crime
  • Embezzlement
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Fraud
  • Wills
  • Contested Wills
  • Inheritance
  • Living Wills
  • Missing Heir Searches
  • Successions
  • Building and Public Safety Codes
  • Environmental Land Use
  • Improvement Districts
  • Land Conservation
  • Land Development
  • Land Entitlement
  • Land Use
  • Land Use Litigation
  • Land Use Permitting
  • Land Use Regulation
  • Rezoning
  • Special Districts
  • Subdivisions
  • Zoning Law
  • Zoning Variance

Additional Info

For over two decades the people of Maine have relied upon our professional and responsive legal service

For more than three centuries Portland's Casco Bay has been the vibrant center for hard-working men and women who know how to get the job done. The lawyers at Ainsworth, Theling & Raftice, P.A. are part of a tradition that continues to make this area pulse with energy and opportunity. The firm's solid reputation for quality legal services and an ability to get results is backed by the dedication, personal concern, and value that come from attorneys who are committed to your success.

Since 1987, the Portland personal injury attorneys at Ainsworth Thelin have been providing individual and business clients in Southern Maine with comprehensive legal services for cases involving an injury in Portland, family law, and criminal defense charge. We also serve as local counsel to companies with business interests in Maine.

Our offices are home to the Southern Maine Elder Law Center, through which we offer comprehensive planning services to clients and their families.

We know there are many Portland injury law firms that may get the job done. However, we offer clients the comfort of knowing that we get the job done right, we do it affordably, and we are here if we are needed again.

When you are a client of Ainsworth Thelin, we want you to feel as if a burden has been lifted from your shoulders and placed into safe hands. Our team-based approach means that you get the dedicated services of the attorney you hire. And, you benefit from the collective experience and skill all of our lawyers offer during informal conversations and the weekly roundtable meetings we hold to discuss issues and generate ideas.

Our offices are located just across the Casco Bay Bridge, five minutes from downtown Portland in the revitalized and growing Waterfront Market area of South Portland, Maine.

Our offices combine close proximity to the state's largest legal community with the convenience of onsite parking and handicapped accessibility. Call us at 207-767-4824, or contact us online to find out how we can help you.